Snail

‘snail’,

easy way to type it: maatlhik’

Lolly Metcalf’s Coos Bay Milluk

Americanist Phonetic

IPA

[ má·tɫɪkʼ ] ,

then

[ má·tɫɪkʼ ]

[ ˈmɑˑtɬɪkʼ ] ,

then

[ ˈmɑˑtɬɪkʼ ]

Instant Phonetic Englishization: mah_tlhik!.

We give Lolly credit for
pronouncing the word the same way both times, but it is only the second time
that she says it that we can really hear the word the way that we transcribe it in
out table of transcriptions.